In the written and spoken language we call a quotation, the rhetorical device that consists of the reproduction (partial or total), of fragments of an expression made by someone else (it can be a well-known person or an anonymous quotation). Likewise, they are also a quotation (literary quotation), those transcriptions made from the texts of others, to which we refer or to which we go during a speech or writing, citing not only phrases, but ideas through complete texts and fragments of these, which allude to what we are talking about, either in a contextual way or as an “authority” regarding the subject dealt with in written documents.
In addition to quotations from texts (books, newspapers, magazines, etc.), there are quotations from radio and television programs, internet pages, as well as from speeches, etc.
Appointments can be made by placing a sign or reference to a text that we are referring to (author, book, magazine, page, chapter, etc.), or by citing a part of the text or the full text to which we do reference. For example:
Use of parentheses book, “the force of words”, page 570 and 549.
Or by means of the faithful transcription, in its case by means of the paraphrase, of what we refer to in an author or book.
The quotations that we write in a text if the quotation is short, that is, it has less than 45 words, it can continue to the text, but between quotation marks (“”) and in italics, while the quotation is a long quotation ( of more than 45 words), this is done in a separate paragraph, in quotation marks, with italics.
Types of appointments:
Famous.- those famous quotes or phrases that have become famous, can be cited orally or be written, being that if they are written, they are enclosed in quotation marks and are usually inserted in the text or, where appropriate, exposed apart from the text using numbers or a * in the part of the text to which they are related.
Literary.- They are all those that are used in any literary work.
Textual.- These are written exactly the same as the original text, they must be written between quotation marks.
Short textual.- This usually consists of less than 45 words.
Long textual.- This envelope exceeds 45 words, varying in length and extension.
Bibliographic.-These are found in bibliographic records, as well as in book bibliographies.
Highlights.- These, due to their length (they are usually greater than the rest of the citations), are usually placed separately from the main text, placing a number or * in the corresponding part of the text to which they relate.
Integrated.- These are direct, we are talking about quotes that are characterized by not interrupting the text.
Paraphrasing.- These are usually short, attributing concepts and ideas to other researchers and authors, they are distinguished by not being in quotation marks like the others, as well as by being articulated within the discourse and context of a work).
Support.-(These are usually references about authors, which help us to support an idea that we are presenting).
Expansion.- (using them you can expand information on a particular topic).
Citation quotes.- (They are those that cite a secondary source, that is, that refer to a source that in turn draws on another source or the original source of the information).
